The World Cup is, quite simply, the pinnacle of football.
Held once every four years, there have been just 22 World Cups held in its near-100-year history with only eight nations emerging victorious.
See the full list of winners and runners-up below.
Year | Host nation | Winners | Score | Runners-up |
1930 | Uruguay | Uruguay | 4–2 | Argentina |
1934 | Italy | Italy | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Czechoslovakia |
1938 | France | Italy | 4–2 | Hungary |
1950 | Brazil | Uruguay | 2–1 | Brazil |
1954 | Switzerland | West Germany | 3–2 | Hungary |
1958 | Sweden | Brazil | 5–2 | Sweden |
1962 | Chile | Brazil | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia |
1966 | England | England | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
1970 | Mexico | Brazil | 4–1 | Italy |
1974 | West Germany | West Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands |
1978 | Argentina | Argentina | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
1982 | Spain | Italy | 3–1 | West Germany |
1986 | Mexico | Argentina | 3–2 | West Germany |
1990 | Italy | West Germany | 1–0 | Argentina |
1994 | USA | Brazil | *0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 pen.) | Italy |
1998 | France | France | 3–0 | Brazil |
2002 | Japan and South Korea | Brazil | 2–0 | Germany |
2006 | Germany | Italy | *1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 pen.) | France |
2010 | Spain | Spain | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
2014 | Brazil | Germany | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
2018 | Russia | France | 4–2 | Croatia |
2022 | Qatar | Argentina | *3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.) | France |
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